Publications

Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the Local Government Staff Commission.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC).

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of arc21.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of accounts of the North West Regional Waste Management Group (NWRWMG).

This report focuses on two main areas; the level of decision making accuracy in social security benefits and the level of financial accuracy.

To allow for the lawful transfer of the administration of Housing Benefit (Rates) and Low Income Rate Relief for Owner Occupiers from Land and Property Services (LPS) to the NIHE from 31^st May 2022 it is necessary for DfC to make Regulations.

The PVL is the cap on the value of the property that can be purchased through the Co-Ownership scheme. The Department for Communities (DfC) is responsible for reviewing the PVL on an annual basis.

Evidence collated by the Department for Communities indicates that an increase in affordable homes for rent is required within the Northern Ireland housing market.

A list of the days in 2022 for hoisting flags on government buildings in Northern Ireland

Article 29 (1) of the Local Government (NI) Order 2005 confers powers on district councils in relation to emergencies.

DfC Local Government and Housing Regulation Division has now prepared a Direction for the appropriate form and content of Capitalisation for Northern Ireland District Councils.

This report gives detailed information on progress on the standard of decision making within the Child Maintenance Service.

The aim of the Covid Recovery Programme for Organisations is to reduce or remove operating deficits, which have arisen in the 2021/22 financial year because of the pandemic. Operating deficits, which are unrelated to COVID, will not be eligible.

When a person changes jobs they also leave their employer’s pension scheme.  An employee can ask to have their pension rights transferred to the new scheme.

The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 contained powers to amend how Housing Benefit is calculated based on a claimants need rather than the size of property they occupy.  Accordingly the Housing Benefit (Amendment No.

The Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) is designed to aid individual householders who have suffered severe inconvenience as a result of internal flooding to their properties.

The Communities Minister gave a Direction for officials to put a process in place for staff working within the Supporting People and Homelessness sectors to receive an offer of a one-off £500 recognition payment, similar to that being made to medical and health care staf

This report details the findings of a scoping review of the literature on poverty in Northern Ireland, undertaken as part of the Department’s Economic and Social Research Programme 2021/22.